Samurai on the History channel

CharlieBucket · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:50 am

There is a new show that premiered last night i believe {i caught a repeat at midnight} called Samurai. It features the American Iron Chef chairman traveling japan and retracing the steps of the famous samurai Miyamoto Musashi. All in all it's an ok show, i like the clips of classic movies spliced in. But what i really like was in one of the first scenes they pick him up in a Toyota Century! It looks to be in perfect shape, stock form. I almost chocked when i saw it thinking it was a Crown. They should be repeating the show about 50 times this week, as is the way of cable networks. You can see it within the first 10 minutes of the show. I tried to find a screenshot, but i can come up with is our classic JCCS century for refereance. It looked like this one but stock wheels/ride height of course. I wonder if you can just call them up and ask for a gangsta looking nostalgic to be escorted in.

Anyone else catch it?

Mazarin · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:02 am

I watched it last night as well. I love seeing all the fender mirrors on cars out there!

Badass show, BTW.

bajasoobnut · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:49 am

I recorded it on my dvr to watch later and did see that car, I can try to take a pic soon of it...

Capital15 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:21 am

Cought a little bit of the show....did not get a chance to see the car. Post that pic pls! :wink:

bajasoobnut · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:43 am

it is a lil crappy cause I tried to get the best of the full car, sorry for the glare cause at this time of day the light shines in from the south facing windows of the house

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u43/bajasoobnut/IMG00152.jpg

CharlieBucket · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:46 am

Sweet!

john · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 2:58 pm

CharlieBucket wrote:

I wonder if you can just call them up and ask for a gangsta looking nostalgic to be escorted in.

FYI, the Century only had minor changes in the look of it from 1967 to 1997. So that may not really be a "nostalgic" Century. :wink:

1967 Century:

1997 Century:

bajasoobnut · **Posted:** Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:22 pm

what is the year that they ended the continuous narrow chrome trim at the bottom of the doors and over the wheel arches from bumper to bumper? it looks almost like the 67 example

poindextrose15 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:18 am

datsunfreak wrote:

FYI, the Century only had minor changes in the look of it from 1967 to 1997. So that may not really be a "nostalgic" Century. :wink:

Actually it is an older Century, it has the large chrome bumpers whereas the newer ones had smaller bumpers with less chrome.

CharlieBucket · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:16 am

That is really cool Toyota continued with the old style on the Century for 30 years. I can't think of any other car like that, besides things like the jeep/beetle. Surly no luxury car ever stuck to a style for that long.

ben · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:00 pm

That's what makes is so effing gangster.

Good catch!

john · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:59 pm

poindextrose15 wrote:

Actually it is an older Century, it has the large chrome bumpers whereas the newer ones had smaller bumpers with less chrome.

I think the newer ones may have came both ways. I've seen mid-90s Centurys with full chrome bumpers, too.

Honestly, I hope it IS the older Century. That would be much cooler.

CharlieBucket wrote:

I can't think of any other car like that, besides things like the jeep/beetle. Surly no luxury car ever stuck to a style for that long.

The Jeep CJ7 is probably the only one that kept it that long or longer. The Lexus LS400 kept the same basic body for about 11-12 years. And the Jaguar XJ6/XJ8/XJ12 kept the same basic body/look from 1979 to 2003.

Camshaft · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:20 pm

MGB was virtually the same from 1962-1980, save for bumpers, ride height, and in the US, induction changes, as well as the inevitable interior trim/color/striping changes. :tu:

bajasoobnut · **Posted:** Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:36 pm

and don't forget the mini and the checker

Kuroneko · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:57 am

ben wrote:

That's what makes is so effing gangster.

Damn right. No cliche that. The guy that was helped out of the back of this one was missing two knuckles. That be some atonement. As his helper / bag-man hustled him up the Dogenzaka, I feigned disinterest until they passed in an attempt to capture that hachi-hachi Yak feel...

Though black is black, battleship-gray with doily curtains is pretty damn kakoii too. If not for Yaks, but the corporate types perhaps. Neko.

ben · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:17 pm

^ that is the coolest story ever

Kuroneko · **Posted:** Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:22 am

Today, lunchtime in Shibuya...

Kuroneko · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:26 am

On the way to work last week:

While Century are quite common (I would see four or five a day), the long wheelbase model is not. Quite an exclusive ride, in this case most likely some Yak dude, as they chased me after the driver saw me with a camera in my hand. Neko.

toyotageek · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:55 am

Any Century is a cool Century, but yeah, the older the cooler.

Ah, the long wheelbase is nice.

A few of my contributions...

1967 VG20 @ TAM
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/676360506/" title="Picture 297 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1298/676360506_df37796f2f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Picture 297"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/676363920/" title="Picture 299 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1188/676363920_911b73e932.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Picture 299"></a>

2005 @ Amlux
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/409346268/" title="DSC00102 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/409346268_016ae4d432.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSC00102"></a>

2007 @ Amlux
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/685205310/" title="Picture 833 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1372/685205310_335daf80dc.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Picture 833"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/685209186/" title="Picture 835 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1296/685209186_ca72d19c5b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Picture 835"></a>

Test drive @ MegaWeb
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/673474515/" title="Toyota Century by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1271/673474515_9dac5b7936.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Toyota Century"></a>

toyotageek · **Posted:** Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:29 pm

More... Century's in the wild.

As Kuroneko mentioned, they are quite common. While in Tokyo and Yokohama I'd see several a day.

parked somewhere in Tokyo
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/372865223/" title="DSC01427 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/185/372865223_e2ceea59e7.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSC01427"></a>

@ Ginza
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/372865072/" title="DSC01420 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/372865072_2bfe39ee0e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSC01420"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/372865039/" title="DSC01419 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/372865039_b9ba05fb3e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="DSC01419"></a>

@ Yokohama, Landmark Tower
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/672670861/" title="Picture 017 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1411/672670861_183720358b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Picture 017"></a>

leaving Toyota HQ in TOYOTASHI
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/677908488/" title="Picture 508 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1366/677908488_a93fd41ced.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Picture 508"></a>

on some expressway leaving Tokyo
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/684770120/" title="Picture 645 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1143/684770120_7fff4b319f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Picture 645"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/684771306/" title="Picture 646 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1172/684771306_69ed49f043.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Picture 646"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/683910653/" title="Picture 647 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1372/683910653_da49ac9e49.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Picture 647"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/683912039/" title="Picture 648 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1113/683912039_e9acc164f2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Picture 648"></a>

And don't forget the toys... a Century Police car:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toyotageek/676497826/" title="Picture 376 by toyotageek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1172/676497826_0245f1d20f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Picture 376"></a>

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